Child Care and Early Learning

Centre-based child care programs operate year-round and are located in schools, workplaces, churches or in a child care centre. The Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services maintains a searchable database of licensed child care centres on its ...

Preschool and nursery school programs provide education-based programs designed to prepare children for kindergarten. Many of these programs operate half-days during the school year. The Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services maintains a ...

Libraries and Resource Centres house a wide variety of health information resources. These are made available to the community on a loan basis or as special collections available for research. Hospital medical libraries have specialized materials and ...

Libraries and Resource Centres house a wide variety of health information resources. These are made available to the community on a loan basis or as special collections available for research. Hospital medical libraries have specialized materials and ...

Hospitals provide a variety of inpatient and outpatient programs and services. Many provide learning opportunities for health science students and participate in the conduct of health and medical research.

Parenting Education and Support

This section list services offering support and counselling for pregnant youth and women. Maternity homes provide shelter as well as care and support services and instruction in child care, for women who are unable to remain in their own homes.

Parenting education programs provide classes, individual consultation or other educational opportunities for parents or potential parents who want to acquire the knowledge and skills to be effective in their parenting role.

This section list services offering support and counselling for pregnant youth and women. Maternity homes provide shelter as well as care and support services and instruction in child care, for women who are unable to remain in their own homes.

Doulas are specially trained caregivers providing emotional, physical and educational support to women and their families during childbirth and postpartum. Care for new families in the first weeks after birth includes household help and advice with ...

Hospitals provide a variety of inpatient and outpatient programs and services. Many provide learning opportunities for health science students and participate in the conduct of health and medical research.

Infertility is defined as the inability to achieve a pregnancy after one year of trying. Infertility services provide diagnostic and treatment services for people who have been unable to conceive children.

Prenatal classes and programs offer education, information and advice to pregnant women and their partners to ensure the healthy development and birth of their baby, as well as the health and well-being of the parents.

Safety and Welfare

The following programs provide information and/or interventions for individuals and/or families who are coping with the trauma arising from child abuse. Child abuse includes abandonment, neglect, or emotional, physical or sexual abuse by a parent or ...

The aim of child safety programs is to prevent injury through educating about traffic safety, bike safety, fire safety, rail and personal safety, stranger danger and electrical and other household hazards.

Public Health Units provide programs that protect and improve the health of the community through comprehensive efforts to prevent, control and eradicate communicable disease; eliminate environmental health hazards; and recognize, prevent and control ...

Shelters for Women offer short-term accommodation along with other supports, such as counselling, meals, recreation and emergency transportation. Some shelters also provide longer-term accommodation. Drop-in centres offer social and recreational ...

Services for Children and Families with Special Needs

Children and youth with disabilities have physical, developmental, mental or emotional challenges, illnesses or injuries that prevent or interfere with their ability to perform intellectual or physical tasks, or which can significantly limit their ...

Learning disabilities affect the way in which a person takes in, remembers, understands and expresses information. Living with a learning disability can have an ongoing impact on friendships, school, work, self-esteem and daily life.

Mental health programs for children and youth provide preventive, diagnostic and treatment services in a variety of community and hospital-based settings to help them achieve, maintain and enhance their state of well-being, personal empowerment and ...

Respite care offers temporary, substitute living arrangements or special care in the home for children with disabilities in order to provide a brief period of relief or rest (usually more than twenty-four hours) for the family members, guardians or ...

Speech and language programs help individuals who have a communication disorder, such as voice disorders, hearing impairment, delayed language skills, cleft palate or tongue disorder, stutter or aphasia.

Getting and using fresh, nutritional food can be difficult on a low income. In addition to Good Food boxes, available services offer help with the budgeting and planning of meals, and may include collective projects such as community kitchens and ...

Unemployed or underemployed people can get help through drop-in resource centres, job search assistance programs, and job-skills workshops. Employment counselling and career planning services provide information on the labour market, grants, funding, ...

Unemployed or underemployed youth and young adults can get help through drop-in resource centres, job search assistance programs, and job-skills workshops. Employment counselling and career planning services provide information on the labour market, ...

Ethnocultural groups give people of a similar language and/or culture an opportunity to gather and work together to meet common needs. Many provide assistance to newcomers, supporting them to thrive in their new community.

Food banks provide food items on an emergency basis to individuals and families in need. Banks usually provide a one to three day supply of food, once a month to once every three months, per individual or family. Identification for each family member ...

A program that provides a sit-down meal to individuals and families in need. Some programs operate for a part of the year only; schedules may change or special meals may be held during holidays or the summer.

Shelters for Youth offer short-term accommodation along with other supports, such as counselling, meals, recreation and emergency transportation. Some shelters also provide longer-term accommodation. Drop-in centres offer social and recreational ...